Yep, they work ok especially at less than 200a and this one did too. I've seen people just run a water hose to their welder and let the other end run down the drain. It works, but is it the correct way? I don't think so. How much confidence would you have if you walked into your ch***is builders shop and saw some home made ******** setup? Would you think, gee this guy is innovative or would you think, man this guy doesn't have very high standards. I'm a little picky about my equipment and I'm not in the "get by" business. There is a lot of liabilty in the work that I do, I have a few cars running close to 200mph and about 4 times as many running over 160mph(thats in the quarter mile not land speed racing), so I have a strict maintenance schedule for my equipment and I do not take chances. If my welds fail people get hurt or worse. A small cooler for a 200a machine will run about $300 which is nothing. I bought this welder from a buddy that needed some quick cash thinking I would set it up at my jig table and keep it stationary but I like my Sychro250 too much and I just use it all the time. Someday I'll set this one up and start using but I'm in no hurry. One more thing back on topic..... Miller = American Made Lincoln = Hecho en Mexico Save your pennies and by a quality machine of the appropriate size for what your doing. There's lots of import stuff flooding the market now and the prices are way lower than a nice Miller, but you get what you pay for. A machine bought and used in a home shop will last forever and can be handed down or sold when you decide to not weld anymore and a quality machine will hold it's value for decades.
I'd have to do some rewiring to run that monster and the shipping would ****. I'm gonna look around here a while. Ive already ran across a few interesting machines. THanks Mike
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